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Hopkins has been married three times. His first two wives were Petronella Barker ([[1967]]-[[1972]]) and Jennifer Lynton ([[1973]]-[[2003]]). He is now married to Stella Arroyave. He has a daughter named Abigail Hopkins (born [[1968]]) from his first marriage.

His most famous role was the brilliant portrayal of the [[cannibalism|cannibalistic]] [[serial killer]] [[Hannibal Lecter]] in the film ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'' for which he won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]], opposite [[Jodie Foster]] as [[Clarice Starling]], who also won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] that year. In fact the film won the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] as well that year, no doubt due to the superb and electrifying interplay between Hopkins and Foster. It is the shortest lead acting Oscar-winning lead performancesperformance ever, as Hopkins is only on the screen for about sixteen minutes. Hopkins reprised the role of Dr. Lecter once in ''[[Hannibal (movie)|Hannibal]]''. Lecter's slurping sound from ''Silence of the Lambs'' was apparently improvised. All three films were based on the bestselling novels by [[Thomas Harris]], who reportedly was very pleased with Hopkins' portrayal of Lecter.</p>

Hopkins has also been Oscar-nominated for ''[[The Remains of the Day]]'' ([[1993]]), which was based on the award-winning novel by [[Kazuo Ishiguro]]. Other Oscar-nominated performances of Hopkins include: ''[[Nixon]]'' ([[1995]]) and ''[[Amistad]]'' ([[1997]]). Hopkins won the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor]] for his perfomances in ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'' and ''[[The Remains of the Day]]''.